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7 up in our (inaudible) replacement proposal, which is four years from now, and particularly the section near the west end is going to have to have some base replacement based on our preliminary investigation. COUNCILMAN ANDERSON: As I remember, one of the objections was the width of the street., Could we make the street narrower than what - it seems to me we were at about 36 feet. MR. HONCHELL: The existing proposal before you, and the estimate that was prepared is based on a 36-foot face to face pavement. That's face of one curb to face of the other curb. That's assuming there's no parking on one side of the road. You can get it down to approximately 32 feet which is equivalent to our residential streets - but pro- hibit parking on both sides of the roadway. That's really the smallest you can go and meet the MSA requirement. I would have to say if we don't do it by MSA and the fact that we do it as a typical residential street, we would still be looking at 32 feet face to face because that's our minimum standard for streets that have even a hundred cars a day. COUNCILMAN CURLEY: But then we would have to assess everybody. MR. HONCHELL: If we didn't pave it by the MSA standards it would still be 32 feet because that's our minimum through- out the city. COUNCILMAN FRANKE: Is it the feeling of the people that you just want to let the potholes on it? MR. PERMAN: I think I'd also like Dr. Hilgedick to speak to it. My own feelings are if you take the MSA your declaring Skillman either an arterial or connecting street to get the MSA approval for it, is that right? MR. HONCHELL: Yes. COUNCILMAN FRANKE: I feel in my mind that Skillman, by nature of where it is and what it's doing, when we say it's MSA that doesn't declare it a collector street, but when we declare it MSA it's to save the people on the street assessment funds. We're allowed so much, but Skillman by virtue of where it is and what it is, is a collector street. MR. PERMAN: I think we'd rather pay (inaudible) if most of the traffic is generated by the residents themselves. My own feelings are I would rather have it in its present condition than to go to the 36 foot width and to take what ensues because of the widening of the street and the improved surface. If it meant conforming to village standards of 32 feet (inaudible) I'm speaking for myself, I would rather pay the assessments and have a street that I think we could possibly live with. The idea of stop signs have come